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For most of the 20th century, professional sports leagues treated gambling as an existential threat. Baseball banned Pete Rose for life. The NBA watched the Tim Donaghy scandal drag its officiating credibility through the mud. The NFL suspended players for stepping inside a casino during the season, regardless of whether they placed a single bet.…
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Sports and wagering have never existed independently of each other. Long before anyone had heard of blockchain or stablecoins, fans were putting money on outcomes in Roman amphitheatres, at colonial-era horse tracks, through backroom bookmakers who operated in the shadows of every major American ballpark. The format changes every few decades, but the instinct stays…
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